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Burglars get shock in £7,000 boiler heist

Bungling burglars who stole gas boilers from an Eastleigh building on Bank Holiday Monday may have received more than they bargained for when they cut through live electricity cables while stealing over £7,000 worth of new Combi gas boilers

The Thieves struck at the new ‘Sirocco Park’ estate on Passfield Avenue opposite Fleming Park Leisure Centre.where developers Bellway have 200 homes in various stages of construction..

Thieves forced a rear door to an unfinished block of two bedroom flats,

eight flats were entered and the newly fitted boilers worth, about £900 each, were removed leaving behind the wall brackets. Burglars turned off the gas and water supply to the combi’s and cut through the electricity cables.

Police believe whoever cut the electricity cable may have received a shock and burns.